Priest (Fr. Benedict Groeschel) plays down abuse crisis; helps clergy keep jobs

Dallas Morning News | 3/2/2003 | Brooks Egerton

[american colleen]

Just can't keep away from the Catholic threads, can you?

It's like an illness with you.

[Maximilian]

Luke 6
32 "If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
35 But love your enemies, and do good, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

[Polycarp]

Thank you, Maximilian. I needed to see that right now.

[d-back]

If there's anything that's made Catholics uncomfortable around Free Republic it's the Catholic Bashers like you, the Nutty Nurse, etc., etc.

Apostates, miscreants, heathens, pagans--hey, most of those kinds pose no problem for freeping Catholics. We can and do handle the arguments, respecting the dissenting opinions while not sharing them.

It's the ranting, bilious hatemongerers who get mighty tiresome. The same old slanders, the same old lies, the same old bile. That's you, Chancellor. Tiresome and pathetic.

[BlackElk]

With a first name like Brooks, the author may be a fag, may be a lesbian, may be a transsexual or any of the rest of the exotic flora and fauna cultivated by those who resist Western Civilization but the author is definitely a newsie with an agenda, else why even belong to much less lead the faggot/lesbian propagandists organization of Texas, no less.

It would be just as bad as if the author of the propagandistic hit piece were, say OPH nude cruising with a barrel of Margaritas.

CP or OPH or whomever or whatever you may be, you are apparently still operating under twin delusions: the delusion of competence and thge delusion that your opinion matters. Time is ticking and your eternal flaming future awaits. If you are not a Catholic, the business of Holy Mother the Church is none of your business.

As to the "Catholics" whom you disingenuously defend, if they are not Catholic enough, they are not Catholic. Got it?

[Desdemona]

Okay, I'm confused. A good Catholic wants to talk about inside Catholic issues and how we all could be better Catholics and live good Catholic lives and he's the one causing trouble?

Not the one who comes here to stir the pot?

[BlackElk]

If the Church happens to be in crisis (when was it not?) that is simply because it is the Church which Satan deems worthy of attack. The one with the Mass, the sacraments and no silly pretensions of becoming part of God when we die; the one founded by Jesus Christ Himself and guaranteed for all time by him.

You and Brooks can stuff your criticisms. You are in no position to offer us the cities below and, if you were, we would not be accepting the offer any more than Christ did. The gates of hell will not prevail and that includes you and Brooks.

[Polycarp]

as if the author of the propagandistic hit piece were, say OPH nude cruising with a barrel of Margaritas

Well said.

But I expect crap to roll out of an a$$hole like CP/OPH.

I'm really disappointed in sinkspur more than anything.

[BlackElk]

That's, ummm, Jesus Christ's stern theological line. We simply obey and follow. It's a wonderfuylly liberating experience which you ought to try some time before it is too late for your unlikely salvation.

[Kryptonite]

I'm an average, everyday Catholic if there ever was one, and won't hesitate to post my opinion on any subject, anywhere, even the Catholic threads.

One doesn't have to hold a certificate in Advanced Catholicism 501 to post in the FR religion forum.

To be quite honest, I could probably use a good preachin' to occasionally, but nobody has ever done it to me.

[ArrogantBustard]

I've been avoiding this food fight, but since my name has been taken in vain...

I've no beef with Polycarp. Doesn't mean I always agree with him.

OTOH, there is a contingent on this forum of people who aren't Catholic, who repeat every vile falsehood in the book about the Catholic Church, and who go out of their way to repeat those falsehoods in spite of repeated correction. I have come to believe that those people are not interested in the truth, and that the truth is not in them. These people also turn many potentially intersting threads (both supportive of and critical of the Church) into sewers.

Y'all know who you are.

[Polycarp]

I could probably use a good preachin' to occasionally, but nobody has ever done it to me.

Careful whatcha ask fer ;-)

[Chancellor Palpatine]

LOL - if you notice, you were included in a very small subset I addressed directly from their comments on this thread. "Everyday" is not a word I would use to describe you - where I come from, you are way out on the wingnut fringe of the RCC, as are the others I listed.

[Polycarp]

Glad to see you're following along, Chancellor Pervert.

[Polycarp]

way out on the wingnut fringe

That's a badge of honor. Wear it proudly. It means you're part of the faithful remnant.

[saradippity]

CP:i have wracked my brain trying to remember Catholics who once posted and were chased off by us mean-spirited Catholics,who remain posting on FR.

I know Catholic Guy and allend were banned but I think they were more in tune with those of us who remain than those for whom you seem to speak.Then there was Theresa,who did get involved in something about ecumenism and could have been turned off.A couple of others have commented they had to focus more on their daily work and families and were cutting down,one person said they were becoming addicted and needed to stop for a while.So other than Theresa,I can't think of any Catholic who stopped posting regularly, I would be interested in any names you can come up with since none of us want to scare people away,dialogue sharpens our wits,our faith and our thinking.

[sitetest]

Dear Chancellor Palpatine,

Well, I notice that I wasn't addressed formally as one of the "fringe wingnut RCs", so I suppose I am just an ordinary, average, everyday Catholic. This I affirm.

I've been spending less time here for other reasons than who posts and who does not. But what encourages me to post, when I post, is the friendship and fellowship of Polycarp, BlackElk, sandyeggo, saradippity, JMJ333, Aquinasfan, St.Chuck, Siobhan, Salvation, american colleen, Desdemona, ArrogantBustard, NYer, Notwithstanding, sinkspur, patent, SoothingDave, RobbyS, ThomasMore, and others.

What discourages me is having to encounter the likes of you and other Catholic haters, as well as those who are or near to schism.


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